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Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview

A side-by-side comparison of Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct ($0.52 / 1M tokens) and Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview ($0.70 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.

Specifications

	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct	Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview
Provider	Qwen	Ricursive
Input	$0.52 / 1M tokens	$0.70 / 1M tokens
Output	$2.10 / 1M tokens	$2.10 / 1M tokens
Cache read	-	$0.18 / 1M tokens
Context window	262,144	1,048,576
Max output	16,384	131,072
Input	text, image	text
Output	text	text
Tool calling
Structured output
Reasoning control
Added	Oct 6, 2025	Nov 4, 2026

Key differences

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is 25% cheaper on input tokens.
Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview reads 4.0× more context (1,048,576 tokens).
Only Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct supports structured JSON output.
A request with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens costs $0.00158 with Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct and $0.00175 with Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview.

Switch with one string

Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct" to "ricursiveai/ripple-65b-preview" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct details & playground →Ricursive: Ripple 65B Preview details & playground →

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "ricursiveai/ripple-65b-preview",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."
    }
  ]
});
console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);

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